19 March 2011

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Hmmm?
U.S. President is warning Libyan leader that his forces must stop attacking innocent civilians or face military action.
If you can't answer this question instantly, I'm torn between ordering you away from my blog forever and begging you to live here.... [from 11am today]

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NOON-THIRTY UPDATE:
The French air force destroyed Libyan tanks and armored vehicles on Saturday, the first shots fired in a U.N.-mandated military intervention to protect civilians from attacks by Muammar Gaddafi's forces.

A French defense ministry official said "a number of tanks and armored vehicles" were destroyed in the region of Benghazi, with initial action focusing on stopping Gaddafi's forces from advancing on the rebels' eastern stronghold.
"Rebels"... pfeh....

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1:15 PM PDT UPDATE:
American warplanes, ships and submarines prepared to launch a furious assault on Libya's limited air defenses Saturday, clearing the way for European and other planes to enforce a no-fly zone designed to ground Moammar Gadahfi's air force and cripple his ability to inflict further violence on rebels, U.S. officials said.
"Rebels"... pfeh... talismanic words....

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Just a word about the multifarious other pushbutton revolutions in progress: People are being slaughtered and no UN mandates, no French and American airstrikes... pig shit smeared across the globe. Right now.

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7:05 PM PDT UPDATE:
The U.S. and European nations pounded Moammar Gadhafi's forces and air defenses with cruise missiles and airstrikes Saturday, launching the broadest international military effort since the Iraq war in support of an uprising that had seemed on the verge of defeat. Libyan state TV claimed 48 people had been killed in the attacks....
Fuck.

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MIDNIGHT PDT OH SHIT UPDATE:
Moscow regrets the attack from a range of European countries on Libya which is being conducted "with reference to the hastily adopted UN Security Council resolution," official spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich said on Saturday....

China regrets the multinational military strike launched against Libya, a spokeswoman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.

"China has noticed the latest development in Libya and regrets the military strike against Libya," Jiang Yu said, adding that China did not agree with resorting to force in international relations.
Part of me hopes this turns into a serious disagreement, but, of course, that's suicidal....

For the record, this might be the source of the downed plane in the "rebel" city that we were assuming was Gaddafi's and setting this whole attack in motion. MIGHT be. Sarkozy's trying to get France behind him again... baaaad poll numbers... but then... the French are NOT as gung ho behind their president's military adventurism as Americans are... hey... can I say "used to be" yet?

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love, 99
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8 comments:

  1. Oh, bless yer heart... I was in the middle of updating when you rang in here, so added yer links. Thank you.

    SLIME BUCKET PIG BASTARDS!

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  2. Yesterday they were saying Gaddafi ordered an immediate cease-fire to avoid the No Fly Zone "punishment".

    What happened with that?

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  3. Supposedly... SUPPOSEDLY... one of his planes was shot down over a "rebel"-held city this morning.

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  4. US and British warships launch more than 110 Tomahawk missiles at defense facilities on the Libyan coast

    At $569,000* each that's $62,590,000

    * 1999 dollars

    For What?

    A much better investment!

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  5. I have to stop obsessing on killing them and just get to a wilderness post to start true humans over again. That's all there is to it. That's gotta be the way.

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